Author: Valentina Primo
Hello Tomorrow Has Relaunched their Global Challenge for Deep Tech Entrepreneurs
The Hello Tomorrow Global Challenge will offer 80 Deep Tech startups the opportunity to pitch in front of a select audience of 400 people, competing for up to €100.000 in cash prizes. By SWB Team The Hello Tomorrow Global Challenge is a worldwide renowned science & technology startup competition designed specifically to address...
Social Entrepreneurs in Germany Can Join impACT Hamburg’s Pop-Up Event This Week
After their events Kabul, Baghdad, Amman, Delhi, Berlin, and Beirut, impACT Hamburg is gearing up to start on June 13th, gathering social entrepreneurs across different industries to discuss migrant entrepreneurship. By SWB Team ImpACT Hamburg will launch their pop-up event on Thursday, 13th of June at Thoughtworks GmbH in the city...
Amsterdam’s Hack Your Future Opened Applications for their Free Coding School for Refugees
Based in Amsterdam but open to candidates from all over the Netherlands, Hack Your Future has just opened applications for the next cycle of their free coding school for refugees. By SWB Team Hack Your Future, the coding school for refugees based in Netherlands, is looking for new students for their class starting on June …...
Based in Europe? Deutsche Bahn is Launching a €25.000 Challenge for AI Startups
The challenge is open to startups, entrepreneurs to be, or brand new teams with ideas to enhance Deutsche Bahn’s customer experience using AI. By SWB Team Deutsche Bahn is looking to enhance the experience of their 12 million daily customers, and is calling on ideas from entrepreneurs to innovate the customer journey – yes,...
Re:Coded Launches a Co-Working Space in Iraq and Hosts the First-Ever ‘Erbil Tech Fest’
With the vision of creating Erbil’s first community driven co-working space, Re:Coded House was launched, and now gears up to boost the tech community through the Erbil Tech Fest. By SWB Team Every community needs a home. Erbil’s bustling community of entrepreneurs now has one, thanks to Re:Coded, the leading coding school in...
From Senegal’s Poorest Town to Creating Italy’s First Migrant VC Fund: Meet Mamadou Lamine
Having arrived to Italy at 14, Mamadou Lamine took on a big dream: He set off to build Italy’s first migrant VC fund, and raised €90.000 in just 5 months. Meet the entrepreneur behind Mama Venture. By Valentina Primo We’re sitting on a bench in a surreal setting; facing us, the Mediterranean Sea rises, dotted …...
The South Summit Startup Competition is Closing Applications Next Month
Startups from across the world – in any industry – can apply to the South Summit Startup Competition until June 5th. 100 startups will get the chance to pitch on stage in Madrid, during the summit next October. By SWB Team South Summit is accepting applications for its Startup competition, which every year brings together...
Startups in the MENA Can Now Apply to the Orange Social Venture Prize
The Orange Social Venture Prize rewards the best innovative and socially responsible business project in Africa and the Middle East, with up to €25,000 in prizes. By SWB Team Entrepreneurs in Egypt, Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia can now apply to the Orange Social Venture Prize, which has just opened its applications across the Middle...
6 TEDx Talks by Refugee Founders That Will Turn Your Perceptions Upside Down
Refugee founders are not the exception to the norm. Around the world, from the Netherlands, to Australia and the USA, newcomers are radically changing the reality around them. We’ve listed 6 impactful, thought-provoking and inspiring stories, as told by their protagonists through a TEDx talk. By Valentina Primo “What was your...
SINGA Italia Has Just Opened their First Business Lab for Migrants in Milan
SINGA Italia, based in Milan, is offering a 5-month incubation program for newcomers with innovative ideas. By SWB Team SINGA Italia, which is part of one of Europe’s most active business incubator networks for migrants, has just opened up their brand Business Lab in Italy. The organization, based in Milan, is offering an...
From Product-Based to Story-Based: the Syrian Entrepreneur Disrupting E-commerce with the Power of AI
“The world of e-commerce is traditionally product-based, but people buy with their emotions,” says Oubai Al Hendi. So he is building a platform that responds to that. By Merna Fawzy “People buy based on their emotions,” says Oubai El Hindi, determined. The Dubai-based entrepreneur is heavily entering the world of e-commerce...
Female Entrepreneurs in the MENA Can Join the Swedish Institute’s Smashing Program in Stockholm
The programme lasts 4 months and includes training modules in Sweden. If you are running a business in the MENA region, this is your chance. By SWB Team The Swedish Institute has just published its call for applications for She Entrepreneurs, a leadership programme for highly motivated women entrepreneurs in the Middle East and North...
6 Migrant Entrepreneurs Whose Startups Are Rocking the Tech World
On International Migrants Day, we take a look at the tech innovations of 6 migrant entrepreneurs who are disrupting the tech industry across borders, from Germany, to Norway, to the US. By SWB Team 1. Raafat Hantouch Born in Syria and based in Germany, Raafat Hantouch turned a dramatic childhood experience into an innovative tech...
She Fled the Scars of War. Now, She’s The Force Behind of One of America’s Top 5.000 Tech Companies
She arrived to the US at 18, with only 1.000 in Her Pocket. How did this power woman build a tech empire, listed as one of Inc’s 5000 companies? By Valentina Primo Like a tornado, like a force of nature unravelling from East to West, Rania Hoteit has been leaving an indelible imprint in the …...
Inside TEDx Roma Salon: Innovation By and For Migrants Takes the Stage at Porous Borders
By Valentina Primo Inside a packed auditorium in Rome’s MAXXi Museum, we get to meet the changemakers behind Arian Teleheal, Mygrants, and Re-future Project. It was a packed room at Rome’s MAXXi museum last September at TEDx Roma Salon as “Porous Borders,” a relay series of talks held in five cities geared up to begin. …...
